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Tag Archives: Making marriage work
How To Be Married 101
I was thinking about this, this morning. Marriage is a complex arrangement! What are the most important things to know about being married? What does it mean to be married? If someone had to ask me how to be married, … Continue reading
This is what marriage is all about…
Quite often it really is the little things that makes a marriage happy. Today Mike and I had one of those little things. It all had to do with the traffic department. After our driver’s licences were stolen, we applied … Continue reading
The Garden Gloves Drama
Yesterday Mike and I had a spat over his gardening gloves. I tried so hard to protect him from an unfolding gardening glove irritation and it all fell apart when he found out! Mike had a pair of gloves that … Continue reading
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Tagged Conflict in marriage, Making marriage work
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Men Don’t Like Bossy Women
Maybe I should say that differently – “Most men don’t like bossy women” or “men in general don’t like bossy women”. I think one of the things that resulted in me not being bossy is that I was born the … Continue reading
Husbands, Do This…
Mike’s done this many, many times. It’s not a fixed rule, but when he does it, which is often, I feel special. It may sound old fashioned and it could be thought of as a touch of the chivalry and … Continue reading
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Tagged Be kind to one another, Making marriage work
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In A Relationship? Be Prepared To Lose This…
This morning, I was reading an online article about people whose relationships had ended. They spoke of the clues they experienced which should have been red flags that trouble was brewing. The things they mentioned were like being afraid of your … Continue reading
How We Spent Our 30th Wedding Anniversary
It’s been 30 years and it was time to celebrate in a little more lavish style than we have done in the past. I knew that in order to do this, luring Mike with the promise of golf was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabella country estate, happy marriage, Making marriage work
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Why I Wondered If My Marriage Would Last
Every July, this comes to mind… I learned very early that a couple may be married for a long time, yet they still may get divorced. It was something I had difficulty understanding. My parents were what I thought was … Continue reading
The Games Mike & I Play
So a couple of weeks ago Mike & I went and bought a few fruit trees which he planted in pots. There’s orange, lemon, fig and guava. They are baby trees and are going to take some years to bear … Continue reading
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Tagged Humour, Making marriage work
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“Honey, have you got R20 for me?”
Sometimes, I’ll be randomly out, shopping or somewhere in public when I hear a snippet of conversation that sticks with me. That was the case today when I walked away from the pet food shop after buying cat food. There … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Marriage
Tagged Finances in marriage, Making marriage work, Money
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Engaged for 30 Years
9th May 2016. The 9th May always strikes a happy note in my heart. It’s the day I got engaged. Crazy that that was 30 years ago today. I’ve been wearing the ring for 3 decades. It still fits. The … Continue reading
5 Keys To A Happy Marriage
The longer I journey through what has been an extra-ordinarily happy marriage, the more thought I have given to what are the secrets to a happy marriage. I’ve learned that I cannot control Mike as much as he cannot control … Continue reading
Making Marriage Work – It Doesn’t Matter How Slow You Go, Just Don’t Stop!
“It doesn’t matter how slow you go, just don’t stop!” Apparently, it was said by Confucius, but given to me by a dear friend just before Mike & I left on honeymoon. Michelle was my bridesmaid at our wedding and … Continue reading
Making Marriage Work – Find A Common Interest
In 1993, Mike and I were attending the Fish Hoek Baptist Church in Cape Town. The children were 5 & 2. We were a young family establishing our home and career. I was working part time. One morning, the Pastor … Continue reading
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Tagged About Radio CCFm, Making marriage work, Radio CCFm, Radio Fish Hoek
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